How to get lucky: Consider a wide-open field with someone hurling darts at a dartboard. Every one that lands is an opportunity seized. But most fi… - Dickie Bush

Don't cut words to make your writing shorter.

Cut words to reduce friction for the reader.

As a writer, you're competing with TikTok and Netflix.

So the easier it is to read, the more likely the reader is to stick around.

The smartest thing you can do: realize you aren't that smart.

The best operators know what they know, but more importantly what they don't know.

Double down on what you know. Surround yourself with people who know everything else.

Three quick writing tips:

1. Write and edit at different times
2. Read everything you write aloud
3. Write to one specific person to solve one specific problem

Every piece of writing advice is somehow related to these three.